Russia says it will not extend the landmark Ukraine grain deal

Russia connected Monday said it has suspended a humanitarian corridor to present cardinal Ukrainian grains to planetary markets, hours earlier the agreement's expiry.

First inked successful July 2022, the U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative has been repeatedly elongated successful abbreviated increments, amid expanding discontent from Russia implicit perceived restrictions that bounds the afloat dispatch of its ain atom and fertilizer exports. The inaugural was acceptable up to abate a planetary nutrient crisis, aft Moscow launched a full-scale penetration of chap cardinal atom exporter and neighbour Ukraine.

It was acceptable to lapse connected Monday astatine midnight, Istanbul time.

"In fact, the Black Sea agreements ceased to beryllium valid today. As the President of the Russian Federation said earlier, the deadline is July 17. Unfortunately, the portion relating to Russia successful this Black Sea statement has not been implemented truthful far. Therefore, its effect is terminated," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, successful Google-translated comments reported by Russian authorities quality bureau Tass connected Monday.

The pact allowed the export of commercialized nutrient and fertilizer supplies, including ammonia, from 3 Ukrainian ports successful the Black Sea – Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi, antecedently known arsenic Yuzhny. Cargo ships proceed done the agreed humanitarian corridor to Istanbul, 1 of the busiest ports of Turkey, whose medication nether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been profoundly immersed successful the negotiations.

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